11-letter words containing b, r, u, i, n
- rowing club — rowboat association
- rubber ring — an air-filled ring made of rubber, used as a swimming aid
- rubbish bin — trash can
- rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- rugby union — a form of rugby football played between teams of 15 players
- ruling body — authority, group in charge
- runnability — to move with haste; act quickly: Run upstairs and get the iodine.
- rus in urbe — the country in the town
- saburration — the use of heated sand in healing
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
- spinel ruby — ruby spinel.
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- subarration — an ancient way of marrying by giving a ring or gift
- subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subfreezing — below the freezing point.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- subindustry — a subdivision of an industry
- subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
- submarginal — Biology. near the margin.
- submarining — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- subminister — to supply
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subornation — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subrational — less than or almost rational.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subscribing — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- subservient — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- suburbanism — pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
- suburbanite — a person who lives in a suburb of a city or large town.
- suburbanize — to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
- sugar basin — sugar bowl.
- sun bittern — a graceful South American wading bird, Eurypyga helias, related to the cranes and rails, having variegated plumage.
- tamburlaine — Tamerlane.
- terbutaline — a selective beta-adrenergic receptor agonist substance, C 12 H 19 NO 3 , used in the treatment of asthma.
- thunderbird — (in the mythology of some North American Indians) a huge, eaglelike bird capable of producing thunder, lightning, and rain.
- tourbillion — a whirlwind or something resembling a whirlwind.
- tribulation — grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
- tribunitial — relating to the Roman tribune
- trunk cabin — a cabin of a yacht that presents a long, low profile with a relatively unbroken line fore and aft. Compare doghouse (def 2).